Is Colonie Central High School a good school?

Colonie Central High School ranks 275 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Colonie Central High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,561 students attended Colonie Central High School.

What is the racial makeup of Colonie Central High School?

Students at Colonie Central High School are 61% White, 11% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% African American, 7% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Colonie Central High School?

Colonie Central High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Forest Park Elementary School Elementary : Roessleville School Elementary : Saddlewood Elementary School Elementary : Shaker Road Elementary School Elementary : Veeder Elementary School Middle : Lisha Kill Middle School Middle : Sand Creek Middle School

Colonie Central High School

Summary:

Colonie Central High School is a public high school in Albany, New York, serving 1,538 students in grades 9-12. It is part of the South Colonie Central School District, which is ranked 414 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Colonie Central High School has consistently ranked in the top 40% of New York high schools over the past 10 years, with a current ranking of 275 out of 1,242 high schools. The school's performance on Regents/Common Core exams is generally above the state and district averages, particularly in subjects like Chemistry, Algebra II, and U.S. History and Government. The school's performance is especially strong in the Asian, African American, and Hispanic student subgroups, which rank in the top 20-30% of New York high schools in these categories. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 84.3% to 91.6% over the past few years, which is generally on par with or slightly above the state and district averages.

When comparing Colonie Central High School to nearby schools, it outperforms Troy High School and Cohoes High School, which have lower overall rankings and academic performance. However, Bethlehem Central Senior High School, located just 7 miles away, consistently ranks in the top 5% of New York high schools and outperforms Colonie Central on most academic metrics. The nearby charter schools, such as Albany Leadership Charter School For Girls and Green Technical High Charter School, have lower rankings and academic performance compared to Colonie Central.

Detail:

Public 9-12

1 Raider Blvd
Albany, NY 12205-2784

(518) 459-1220

District: South Colonie Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
275^th of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,843

Feeder schools for Colonie Central High School:

Elementary:	Forest Park Elementary School
	Roessleville School
	Saddlewood Elementary School
	Shaker Road Elementary School
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	Veeder Elementary School
Middle:	Lisha Kill Middle School
	Sand Creek Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.0

Number of students: 1,561

Racial breakdown:

White:

60.7%

Asian:

11.3%

Hispanic:

11.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 40.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Colonie Central High School ranks better than 77.9% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 73.47. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Colonie Central High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (60.7%), Asian (11.3%), Hispanic (11.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 40.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Colonie Central High School is 13. (See more...)

Compare Colonie Central High School employs 119.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Colonie Central High School is $16,843.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Colonie Central High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Colonie Central High School 275^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Colonie Central High School in the ranking list.)

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South Colonie Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks South Colonie Central School District 414^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Colonie Central High School

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Rank History for all students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	71.29	144^th	935	84.6%
2006	68.46	225^th	986	77.2%
2007	71.62	147^th	1002	85.3%
2008	66.08	321^st	1027	68.7%
2009	63.73	376^th	1086	65.4%
2010	62.55	412^th	1117	63.1%
2011	66.96	327^th	1165	71.9%
2012	63.81	461^st	1198	61.5%
2013	65.80	434^th	1217	64.3%
2014	62.45	430^th	1237	65.2%
2015	60.49	449^th	1255	64.2%
2016	65.15	332^nd	1255	73.5%
2017	63.76	384^th	1221	68.6%
2018	65.01	421^st	1210	65.2%
2019	66.40	410^th	1207	66.0%
2022	61.72	468^th	1190	60.7%
2023	69.84	335^th	1228	72.7%
2024	73.47	275^th	1242	77.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	31.50	122^nd	157	22.3%
2019	47.62	103^rd	165	37.6%
2022	36.53	151^st	212	28.8%
2023	45.15	158^th	272	41.9%
2024	53.57	134^th	306	56.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	84.42	40^th	546	92.7%
2019	83.49	45^th	565	92.0%
2022	78.94	42^nd	481	91.3%
2023	70.42	93^rd	583	84.0%
2024	52.76	246^th	637	61.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.05	279^th	1095	74.5%
2019	68.28	275^th	1132	75.7%
2022	64.54	273^rd	1038	73.7%
2023	61.75	320^th	1130	71.7%
2024	66.94	276^th	1144	75.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	61.30	370^th	1154	67.9%
2019	62.19	373^rd	1179	68.4%
2022	52.04	511^th	1101	53.6%
2023	58.53	422^nd	1155	63.5%
2024	65.39	295^th	1170	74.8%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	70.09	90^th	498	81.9%
2019	88.41	19^th	493	96.1%
2022	64.73	69^th	389	82.3%
2023	57.73	144^th	531	72.9%
2024	64.42	111^th	564	80.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.37	385^th	1176	67.3%
2019	68.83	360^th	1193	69.8%
2022	63.36	426^th	1155	63.1%
2023	71.60	313^th	1197	73.9%
2024	73.57	263^rd	1219	78.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	62.00	464^th	1176	60.5%
2019	61.90	474^th	1190	60.2%
2022	58.55	486^th	1154	57.9%
2023	67.44	343^rd	1191	71.2%
2024	72.62	269^th	1211	77.8%

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Rank History for Asian students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	59.64	195^th	426	54.2%
2019	63.47	186^th	447	58.4%
2022	57.14	187^th	386	51.6%
2023	62.30	170^th	424	59.9%
2024	64.00	155^th	426	63.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	81.99	62^nd	679	90.9%
2019	77.66	81^st	686	88.2%
2022	62.66	175^th	593	70.5%
2023	66.19	174^th	671	74.1%
2024	81.79	70^th	690	89.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	62.26	259^th	791	67.3%
2019	60.23	287^th	815	64.8%
2022	47.43	372^nd	760	51.1%
2023	55.07	322^nd	851	62.2%
2024	71.04	189^th	865	78.2%

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Rank History for White students at Colonie Central High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	51.77	397^th	765	48.1%
2019	53.90	383^rd	793	51.7%
2022	47.39	417^th	738	43.5%
2023	60.58	269^th	776	65.3%
2024	63.53	251^st	781	67.9%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Colonie Central High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	1538	51	29	9	9	n/a	n/a	0	1636
1990	1457	59	37	9	5	n/a	n/a	0	1567
1991	1420	70	42	11	5	n/a	n/a	0	1548
1992	1416	79	39	13	7	n/a	n/a	0	1554
1993	1457	90	38	17	7	n/a	n/a	0	1609
1994	1506	94	37	12	4	n/a	n/a	0	1653
1995	1553	107	43	21	2	n/a	n/a	0	1726
1996	1553	107	43	21	2	n/a	n/a	0	1726
1997	1541	94	38	16	3	n/a	n/a	0	1692
1998	1554	89	46	15	7	n/a	n/a	0	1711
1999	1606	87	52	15	6	n/a	n/a	0	1766
2000	1648	82	55	18	7	n/a	n/a	0	1810
2001	1679	103	63	24	11	n/a	n/a	0	1880
2002	1661	126	62	28	9	n/a	n/a	0	1886
2003	1661	126	62	28	9	n/a	n/a	0	1886
2004	1662	118	66	36	10	n/a	n/a	0	1892
2005	1616	109	68	34	9	n/a	n/a	0	1836
2006	1743	136	97	38	17	n/a	n/a	0	2031
2007	1716	151	92	40	7	n/a	n/a	0	2006
2008	1716	163	80	48	6	n/a	n/a	0	2013
2009	1647	158	79	49	5	n/a	n/a	0	1938
2010	1540	162	92	57	3	n/a	n/a	0	1854
2011	1518	188	96	78	1	0	0	0	1881
2012	1388	143	102	85	1	0	36	0	1755
2013	1326	138	102	93	2	0	50	0	1711
2014	1255	136	112	107	1	0	55	0	1666
2015	1215	131	132	110	2	0	59	0	1649
2016	1149	120	129	124	2	0	73	0	1597
2017	1081	128	145	117	1	0	85	0	1557
2018	1036	134	150	122	2	0	86	0	1530
2019	1008	139	146	117	2	0	98	0	1510
2020	979	152	158	125	2	0	110	0	1526
2021	969	144	166	139	1	0	112	0	1531
2022	976	144	180	147	1	0	110	0	1558
2023	939	137	182	158	3	1	117	1	1538
2024	948	145	176	176	3	0	113	0	1561

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Colonie Central High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1636	102.1	16.0	n/a
1990	1567	94.7	16.5	n/a
1991	1548	92.4	16.7	n/a
1992	1554	91.7	16.9	n/a
1993	1609	89.6	18.0	n/a
1994	1653	95.9	17.2	4.5
1995	1726	100.5	17.2	5.6
1996	1726	100.5	17.2	5.6
1997	1692	113.7	14.9	6.1
1998	1711	111.1	15.4	5.6
1999	1766	119.9	14.7	5.5
2000	1810	115.8	15.6	7.4
2001	1880	121.5	15.5	7.6
2002	1886	132.5	14.2	8
2003	1886	132.5	14.2	8
2004	1892	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1836	137.0	13.4	7.7
2006	2031	132.0	15.4	11.5
2007	2006	140.4	14.3	11.6
2008	2013	144.9	13.9	13.6
2009	1938	146.6	13.2	16.3
2010	1854	144.5	12.8	17.6
2011	1881	130.7	14.3	16.5
2012	1755	136.7	12.8	15.9
2013	1711	132.6	12.9	17
2014	1666	117.6	14.1	20
2015	1649	107.0	15.4	20.4
2016	1597	113.0	14.1	22.3
2017	1557	113.6	13.6	20.7
2018	1530	111.0	13.7	34.1
2019	1510	115.0	13.1	34.5
2020	1526	121.6	12.5	35.3
2021	1531	124.0	12.3	33.6
2022	1558	111.9	13.9	30.3
2023	1538	117.5	13.0	39.2
2024	1561	119.9	13.0	40.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Colonie Central High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1636	102.1	16.0	n/a
1990	1567	94.7	16.5	n/a
1991	1548	92.4	16.7	n/a
1992	1554	91.7	16.9	n/a
1993	1609	89.6	18.0	n/a
1994	1653	95.9	17.2	4.5
1995	1726	100.5	17.2	5.6
1996	1726	100.5	17.2	5.6
1997	1692	113.7	14.9	6.1
1998	1711	111.1	15.4	5.6
1999	1766	119.9	14.7	5.5
2000	1810	115.8	15.6	7.4
2001	1880	121.5	15.5	7.6
2002	1886	132.5	14.2	8
2003	1886	132.5	14.2	8
2004	1892	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1836	137.0	13.4	7.7
2006	2031	132.0	15.4	11.5
2007	2006	140.4	14.3	11.6
2008	2013	144.9	13.9	13.6
2009	1938	146.6	13.2	16.3
2010	1854	144.5	12.8	17.6
2011	1881	130.7	14.3	16.5
2012	1755	136.7	12.8	15.9
2013	1711	132.6	12.9	17
2014	1666	117.6	14.1	20
2015	1649	107.0	15.4	20.4
2016	1597	113.0	14.1	22.3
2017	1557	113.6	13.6	20.7
2018	1530	111.0	13.7	34.1
2019	1510	115.0	13.1	34.5
2020	1526	121.6	12.5	35.3
2021	1531	124.0	12.3	33.6
2022	1558	111.9	13.9	30.3
2023	1538	117.5	13.0	39.2
2024	1561	119.9	13.0	40.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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